Yes, Virginia, there will be an NBA season this year (probably). And it will begin on Christmas day because, well, what’s Xmas without watching really tall, rich, (mostly) black guys who are “owned” by even more rich (mostly) white guys? In doing research for that previous offensive statement, I discovered that there’s an NBA team called the “Charlotte Bobcats.” I had no idea. And did you know that the NJ Nets are no longer the NJ Nets? They’re now the Brooklyn Nets. Amazing. Not quite the same ring to the name, though, is there? Sounds like “little” Brooklyns or something (as in Brooklynettes). I think they should change it.
“Brooklyn Buckets,” maybe?
This is astounding. I guess I have really not been paying attention. Next thing you know, somebody will be telling me that the Rams are in St. Louis, the Cardinals are in Phoenix, and LA doesn’t even have a football team. But that would be crazy. Rosey Greer would be rolling in his grave.{{1}}[[1]]Note: Rosey Greer, like Abe Vigoda, is actually alive and well.[[1]]
Speaking of Rosey and LA, I recall seeing him in an episode of the greatest police drama of all time – CHiPs. You may laugh, but let me tell ya, without Francis Llewellyn ‘Ponch’ Poncherello, there would not have been a Barack Obama. Or Freddie Prinze.{{2}}[[2]]This may be a slight exaggeration, given that Chico and the Man premiered something like three years before CHiPs, and the fact that, by the time CHiPs aired, Freddy Prinze was already dead.[[2]]
Anyhow, in this particular episode, Ponch and Jon (do they really work in pairs, these guys?) pull over this tiny little car{{3}}[[3]]Not sure what kind of car. What’s the point of having a CHiPs Wiki if they aren’t going to include important information like that?[[3]] for speeding, at which point the rather gigantic Rosey{{4}}[[4]]For the time, anyway, what with this being in the pre-HGH era. Rosey was listed at 6'5" and 284 pounds.[[4]] extricates himself from the vehicle and tears it apart by hand.
Ah, they don’t make teevee like that anymore.
I couldn’t find a clip of that scene, so instead I bring to you the trailer from the movie that the great actor Ray Milland must have considered his crowning achievement{{5}}[[5]]My favorite is “The Lost Weekend,” because it’s a movie I can really relate to.[[5]] (except for maybe his two-part “Love Boat” appearance).
If 6 was 9
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David Frum wrote a crtique of the GOP titled:
When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality?
Some of my Republican friends ask if I’ve gone crazy. I say: Look in the mirror.
It’s worth a read.
http://nymag.com/print/?/news/politics/conservatives-david-frum-2011-11/
Inside the debate halls, the clash may be Republican versus Republican. But offstage, conservatives are mounting a unified and expensive air assault on the candidates’ common opponent: President Obama.
A television ad against President Obama suggested that favoritism played a role in a federal loan guarantee.
An ad claimed that Mr. Obama’s support for a tax increase on the wealthy incites class warfare.
Nearly a year before Election Day, Republican presidential candidates and conservative action groups are already spending heavily on television advertising aimed at casting Mr. Obama as a failure.
Their tactics, the aggressive and sometimes misleading kind not typically used until much further along in a campaign season, have led to a spat with Democrats in what is shaping up to be the most costly election advertising war yet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/politics/television-attack-ads-aim-at-obama-early-and-often.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper